木门 (mù mén) — wooden door | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

wooden door

Measure word · 扇

Examples

木门。
Zhè shàn mù mén hěn zhòng.
This wooden door is very heavy.
木门，。
Tā bǎ mù mén tuī kāi, zǒu jìn le yuàn zi.
He pushed the wooden door open and walked into the courtyard.
木门。
Lǎo fáng zi de mù mén yǐ jīng huài le.
The wooden door of the old house is already broken.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

木 says what the 门 is made of, so it means a wooden door.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

木 is drawn as a tree, with branches above and roots below.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 門; 门 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 門 pictures a gate as two door shapes side by side; the simplified 门 is a later shorthand.

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